| Creators: |
Buchwald, Arne and Urbach, Nils and Ahlemann, Frederik |
| Title: |
Understanding the Organizational Antecedents of Bottom-Up Un-Enacted Projects - Towards a Conceptual Model Based on Deviance Theory |
| Item Type: |
Conference or Workshop Item |
| Event Title: |
(Proceedings of the) 22nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) |
| Event Location: |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Event Dates: |
June, 9-11, 2014 |
| Projects: |
IDI |
| Date: |
2014 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Un-enacted projects are those projects that have not been officially evaluated by the project portfolio management but do exist although they are not known to a company´s project portfolio. As a consequnce, resources thought to be available often prove to be actually unavailable and that unofficial initiatives eventually compete for scarce resources. One particular type of these un-enacted projects are bottom-up initiatives. Bottom-up un-enacted projects are unofficial initiatives on which employees spend time without order but with which they intend to benefit their organizations. While previous research highlights the great potential of bottom-up un-enacted projects, they only focus on the individual level but leave the organizational level for further research. To address this research gap, this study aims at gaining a deeper understanding of the organizational drivers of bottom-up un-enacted projects. We draw on deviance theory to develop a conceptual model for explaining the occurrence of these projects. In order to triangulate the emerging model with insights from practice, we use interview data to cross-check and refine the theory-driven model. Our results advance the theoretical discourse on the concept of un-enacted projects and enable practitioners to understand the levers with which to steer respective activities in the intended direction. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Citation: |
Buchwald, Arne and Urbach, Nils and Ahlemann, Frederik
(2014)
Understanding the Organizational Antecedents of Bottom-Up Un-Enacted Projects - Towards a Conceptual Model Based on Deviance Theory.
In: (Proceedings of the) 22nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), June, 9-11, 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel.
ISBN 9780991556700
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